f 35 update at $770 mill each , page-45

My point is why are we spending tens of billions on a warplane that may be a dud? For the buffs...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY_GgB1W5JE

The JSF was apparently smoked by the Russian warplanes such as the SU-35s which cost about $50 million each, at least three times less than the F-35s.

You can't teach the Russians much about warplanes. In WWII the topline German warplanes were shot up badly by the YAKs.

They've come a long way since then. Maybe they don't have all the bells & whistles.

At the very least, we should buy Russian warplanes such as the PAKFA (T-50), being built with the Indians for delivery in 2015/16 just in case the JSFs are duds. At this rate, PAKFAs will be flying before the JSFs are more than a thought.

Maybe throw in a few Eurofighters too, and a squadron of Chinese ones if they're any good (they're big enough, a bit like Chinese F1-11s).

With our Super Hornets (FA-18s) we'd have the best in the world, & it would be up to our pilots & commanders after that.

Why just buy 70 American unproven warplanes?

Are we just their colony?